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<h2>
National Statistics from the United Nations, Mostly From 2009&ndash;2011
</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>National health, welfare, and education statistics for 213
places, mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are not
independent countries.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(UN)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 213 rows on the following 7 variables.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>region</code></dt><dd><p>Region of the world: <code>Africa</code>, <code>Asia</code>, <code>Caribbean</code>, <code>Europe</code>, 
<code>Latin Amer</code>, <code>North America</code>, <code>NorthAtlantic</code>, <code>Oceania</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>group</code></dt><dd><p>A factor with levels <code>oecd</code> for countries that
are members of the OECD, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development, as of May 2012, <code>africa</code> for countries on the African
continent, and <code>other</code> for all other countries.  No OECD countries are
located in Africa.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>fertility</code></dt><dd><p>Total fertility rate, number of children per woman.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>ppgdp</code></dt><dd><p>Per capita gross domestic product in US dollars.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>lifeExpF</code></dt><dd><p>Female life expectancy, years.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>pctUrban</code></dt><dd><p>Percent urban.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>infantMortality</code></dt><dd><p>Infant deaths by age 1 year per 1000 live births</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Note</h3>

<p>Similar data, from the period 2000-2003, appear in the <code>alr3</code> package
under the name <code>UN3</code>. 
This data set was formerly named <code>UNlla</code> and replaces the older dataset named <code>UN</code>.
</p>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p>All data were collected from UN tables accessed at <a href="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/">http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/</a>
on April 23, 2012. OECD membership is from <a href="www.oecd.org">www.oecd.org</a>, accessed
May 25, 2012.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>Weisberg, S. (2014). <em>Applied Linear Regression</em>, 4th edition.
Hoboken NJ: Wiley.
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
summary(UN)
</pre>


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